The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-10-24
THE FARM.
PIGS AS pARTNERs.


variety Of ways. At first they will take the
surplus skinned milk and turn il into
money in the most profitable way il can be
done The Stops which nre often thrown
out and dctlc the space around the kitchen
door can also he utilized by the active part.
ner and II strengthened with little bran
such sloIs will soon be turned into cash.
The weeds which are great nuisance To
the farmer are bonanza 10 the partner, the
pig II is often a wonder TO many what
weeds grow for, and are they not grown for
the pigs Most weeds are grccdily eaten by
the pig, and what he leaves is converted into
manure.
Their are many things which litter up the
grounds and are unSightly which the pigs
will aid in getting out Of The way The
wheelbarruw can be loaded both ways, with
weeds ono way and with dressing the other,
and the latter taken to the garden or put un-
der corn will make n vast difference IN the
crops. II is astonishing how quickly the pig
will convert the plaintain, the purslanc, the
pigwccd aud hundreds Of other noNious
weeds into muscle, fat, bone and manure. II
you have field that is oycrrun with almost
any kind 81 weed, 10 that you despair Of kill
ing II ont take into partnership half a dozen
or more shnats and set them 10 work Drop
little shclcd'con around the roots them.
selves, and then the work is soon done.
Where pigs are kept, We may always cx-
pcct To- find good crops They should he
taken IN ~ permanent partners, but their
work should he varied, aud their location
changed as often ns once IN two years. Port
able shelters are therefore good thing, and
whether they are 80 or not, the feeding
should be all around the lot
MANAGEMENT or MANURE.
Quite an interest has been lately mani.
tested by many readers IN the management
Of manure. A. practical and successful cx-
pcrcnce IL most instructive, we give the
words Of n correspondent Of the American
Farmer
"ln section of this country, where some
year agO the piling system was carried on,
broadcnsting Is now In vogue, and no ma
nurc is piled, except where some crop Il on
the ground, for which the manure is wanted
The crops IN said section have led aud
trcbled since this practice has been adopted
especially potatoes and other early truck. IL
j. true II may I've due somewhat To better
cultivation, as well ns getting the manure ON
the land, where IL can begin 10 act quickly.
why is II that load ~ straw, coriistilks,
brush, or any other trash dumped or.spreud
over poor land. VIII improve u aud gather
ammonia and plant food from every Jlcw tint
falls
New manure SPREAD on the ground docs
not lose anything, hut rather gains, or the
land does by the shade IL implrts aud the
moisture IL retains unless IL il spread on
when the ground il a solid cake Of Ice when
II Is apt Ia all wash oil. because the liquid
from Il cannot penetrate the ground.
The valuable qualities 81 manure can
never he lost hy broadcnsting, NJ 10 begins
its action from the time IL h applied Hll
plowcd under, and, no matter how coarse, IL
prevents WASTING, ligliicns ground, aud de
Gays la warm weather ~ fast ~ the average
Il = a..
that, hut " the manure hns been applied
long enough, some of the mos, valuable
parts ~ ihc manure have dissolved aud en-
tered the land, ready fUr plants to assimilntc
them.
Then there T. another advantage. particu.
larly an light snils. during the driving
frccEing winds If winter when the lnnd
d. looks like Il Nas all going e. blow over into
your ncighbor'S fields. Friend. " your
fields arr hnadcnstcd rcsi easy: you will
catch more of your nciFhhors land than YOU
will lose IT your own.
Ia 'he old fashioned plan ot using manure
-fn-T- mfr- t--Vr~A downright ncrcs.ity tu
have fine roitc,l manure. because green
manure applied in the hill would do well
enough Tor time, or all time. " the SEASON
proved moist, hut look ont " u drought
struck your rrup This plan u about gcncr.
ally abandoned lcNccpt Ia locations where
the hroadcnstinF experiment has not been
.u1c,ll, A. " - found that the manure placed
all through the land causes the plants 60
throw out stronger feeding roots Than " the
manure j. piled right under them; ronsr.
qncnlly We have better crop, aud one that
II able "a stand the storm OF drought aud
come out in good condition
That the valuable ingredients II manure
will not all wash away, once saw exempt.
fed when young man, by seeing a load III
manure upset ~ n rrvelly, sandy gutter by
the roadside, where the water was running
IN stream strong enough 60 carry away
almost all signs IT the MANURE: but, NJ a ~.
suit, the next summer brought forth luXu.
rant growth 81 Fm,s aud weeds that did
more toward stopping the wash than any.
labur
=, The rood boob a,s Train up n child In
We way he should g. aud when lac l. old hc
VII not depart from it, II stands good IN
,m ,ase ul your correspondent. his training
lcu MN that way and lsuppusc be- will stitk
nh ull De- T. called % his eternal rest. but /
hlnk he might a. we'll take n little rcst as lac
- along and ave some elhuw grcnsc. ~ be
,hinAs ihc adNO,ai,s u bruadoasting arr try.
Ing 10 do
HHroRiNG riRrn LAND.
W " u. asks how 10 "rct up" or i'm.
prove, chcaply, land that has been badly
because ihe name implies the remedy
hin, would hc beneficial, hut whether oi
not ~ application would prove profitable on
WI. lhhd, Won alone can determine hy px
lenments. HuckWhcat ploWsd under n Won
tugTui would not be equal Ia clover Cloycl
snd' ~ small roois iaT into the suhsoil and
nnnEz plant fool in the surface. have d
NAV ~ Them before me NJ I write that
scfc taken NJ a depth IT three and one.
hnli i'ct. huCkUhoht l. q shallow .rootrl
surface
'Also how 10 set rd II brush. bricr, nnd
missiles. II ihc land is not too STONY or
hin{ hc best aud cheapest way is 60 give the
And Thorough summer fnlluw and prul
oul all hnshs and bricr that the pillow will
not handle. The irt blowing should h, don,
about June !, and it should De- rrploWcl
iipm Hour a. ia times during the summer
Often enough 30 that not u living tbinr shall
% sen upon thc land during The rntirc sca
BON. Suw literally iu September with "A mit
inrc u rms,cs suited a. The climate, etc. In
hafch sow few quarts pcr acre of medium
tloN'i sccd Narrowing before the clover i,
foTed may be- very beneficial The nrst ycni
NOV carly. aud ifnoi wcc,ly PASTURE lightly.
Ncedy NOV twice and do not pasture. III
the land is very poor some commercial Ter.
uliser should BE- used at the time of soWinr
the rfass sccd. Once we'll seeded the land
should never be- rcplowcd II Il u to be- u,c,l
a. pasture, the animals feeding upon II
should BE- fed q little meal or grain every da,
dnfing The summer ~ that they will return
10 The land mon than they take from IL.
With some. the better plan might he /,
seed without following II the land n y,
poor that grass will not grow. seed a. pil
~ LalwSHlatlyth thing 90 cover the shame
anH1Lyfcdncw Of mother carthD Divide ~,
pastlirc into two or more fields by mOyabl,
fences. aud stock heavily with sheep A
soon as the brambles and bricrs are trimmed
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